Self-Study

13. Cumulative review exercises (Essential grammar appendix p.P. 219 – 221, 223-225)

Directions: Some of the sentences in this test are correct. Some are incorrect. First, find the correct sentences, and mark them with a check (√). Then find the incorrect sentences, and correct them.

13.1. Nouns. Revise all the material concerning nouns.

1. The mathematics were her favourite subject at school.

2. She is a good economist.

3. She is such the clever girl!

4. A director wants to see you immediately.

5. The Washington is the capital of the USA.

6. Tuition at state universities has risen by hundreds of dollar.

7. The peace in the world is the goal of the United Nations.

8. Dam is a wall constructed across a valley to enclose an area in which water is

stored.

9. Light travels very quickly.

10. Even children in elementary school are assigned homeworks.

11.To staring at a computer screen for long periods of time can cause severe

eyestrain.

12. Art of colonial America was very functional, consisting mainly of useful

objects such as furniture and household utensils.

13. Toni’s family speaks the Japanese at home.

14. I would like to have my coffee with the milk.

15. Happiness means different things to different people.

16. The ptarmigan, like a large amount of Arctic animal, is white in winter and brown in summer.

13.2. PRONOUNS. Revise all the material concerning pronouns.

1. His dances well to who fortune pipes.

2. The bus leaves their at the corner.

3. Our fully rely on your helping us.

4. I never saw she in such a terrible state.

5. If his has any possibility to help you, he will do it.

6. Betty studied business, and after she graduated, her and her best friend Joy

opened a bookstore.

7. When Franklin Roosevelt became very ill, him wife began to take a more active

role in politics, and many people believed that her and the president shared the

responsibilities.

8. We know that in 1000 A.D. Leif Erickson landed on the North American coast,

and that he and his Norwegian companions were the first white men to see the

New World.

______________________________________________________LESSON 2

1. Phonetic drill.

1.1. Mind the pronunciation of the following words with the italicized letters

au:[o:] Australia, authority, automobile, autumn, August, launch, laurel /

but gauge [geiʤ], laugh [lf], aunt [nt], mauve[mouv]

a: [a:] task, mask, past, pass, mast, fasten

[o:] warm, walk, walrus, warrant

[o] want, wander, waddle, wallaby

1.2. Read the following words with the italicized silent letters.

bomb[boum], tomb[tu:m], crumb[krm], lamb[læm], limb[lim], numb[nm];

fasten['fα:sn], christen['kraisn], often[o:fn], soften['sofn], listen[lisn]

thistle[θisl], whistle[wisl], castle[kα:sl], mistletoe ['misltou], apostle[ә'posl]

gnarled[nα:ld], gnome[noum], gnat[næt], gnash[næ∫], gnu[ nu:], gnawer['no:ә]

doubt [daut], debt [det], attempt [ә'tempt], prompt [ prompt]

1.3. Explain the rules of reading the letter combination of wh

which, who, whitewash, why, whelm, whom, whammy, whaleback, wholebred, whenever, whose, whiz-kid

2. Read the text

BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

1. British and American people speak the same language – right? No, it is wrong to some extent. Al­though they both speak Eng­lish, there is a number of differences be­tween the two varieties of English especially with the young people nowadays. For example, Trudi Burns and Eileen Unwin recently spent a very similar day. Here, they describe the day’s events.

2. Trudi. I got up at seven-thirty. I put on my bathrobe, went into the bathroom and turned on the bathtub faucets. After my bath I ate breakfast with my parents on the deck. Our apartment’s on the fifteenth floor, so the view’s terrific. At eight o’clock my mom and I took the elevator to the parking lot underneath our apartment block. First we stopped for gas, and then she drove me to school. The freeway was really busy – automobiles everywhere. When I got to school it was raining. Luckily I’d brought my galoshes and an umbrella, so I didn’t get wet.

3. School was OK except that we had a math test before recess. I think I flunked it. Anyway, after school I took a bus downtown to meet my sister, Susan. She became a grade school teacher after she left college last year. We ate out at a Chinese res­taurant. Personally I don’t like rice, so I ordered french-fries instead. Susan disap­proved. After dessert and coffee we paid the check and left. It had stopped raining, but the sidewalks were still wet. Susan gave me a ride home, and then I did a history assignment for the next day, watched a movie on TV and went to bed around 11.30. I was pooped!

4. Eileen. I got up at half past seven. I put on my dressing gown, went into the bathroom and turned on the bath taps. After my bath I had breakfast with my parents on the terrace. Our flat’s on the fifteenth floor, so the view’s terrific. At eight o’clock my mum and I took the lift to the car park under our block of flats. First we stopped for petrol, and then she drove me to school. The motorway was really busy – cars everywhere. When I got to school it was raining. Luckily I’d brought my Wel­lington boots and an umbrel­la, so I didn’t get wet.

5. School was OK, except that we had a maths exam before break. I think I failed. Anyway, after school I took a bus to the city centre to meet my sister, Susan. She became a primary school teacher after she left uni­versity last year. We went out for dinner to a Chinese restaurant. Personally I don’t like rice, so I ordered chips instead. Susan disapproved. After sweet and coffee we paid the bill and left. It had stopped raining but the pave­ments were still wet. Susan gave me a lift home, and then I did some history homework for the next day. I watched a film on the TV and went to bed at about half past eleven. I was really tired!

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